摘要 |
<p>A computer system for analyzing and automatically modifying existing process system models that includes (i) an Initial Data stage (410, 420, 430, 450) that prompts the user to enter qualitative and quantitative objectives in designing or re-designing a process system; (ii) a Component model stage that displays, edits, and/or completes an image of the sequence of components produced or added during the process; (iii) a Process (Functional) Analysis stage (225) designating each function as harmful or useful, ranking each useful function, and performing a value link analysis of each function; (iv) a trimming routine (245) for eliminating or simplifying an operation in a process, and (v) a trimming routine that generates a recommended list, in priority, of problems to be solved to achieve the function trimming.</p> |